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Yeah, that gondola looks like a ragtop with a rumble seat.
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Don - that gondola is amazing in terms of its complexity.
I wonder how well those things operated given all that complication - things back then were generally over engineered so failure was not really an issue, but I keep thinking that even so there are just so many potential points of failure!
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Super Cool Treat Today: Fairchild C-123 Provider
After work today, called my RV-6 airplane mechanic to schedule my yearly maintenance inspection.
We did that for the 6th of June. Then he says, "what'ca doing?". Where you at? kind of questions. Next thing you know, I'm invited over for the first engine start in a long, long time for a Fairchild C-123 Provider. It is parked less than a mile from my home. Cameras and movies taken. Had to leave fast before could better inside and outside photos, get to go back to get more when my mechanic cranks the other engine. This aircraft has been parked a long time, the rudder pedals look new! Very little wear. Would say that they might be a replacement, but overall whole plane looks barely used. Still has a jump cable down the side. Can open the door and practice stand in the door technique! Photos: Saw the props spinning before crossing airstrip. Parked car jumped out and started taking these photos, switched to movies right after the first couple of photos. Props are spinning- First firing, not much smoke yet: Mechanic and his son Purring like a kitten, it sure sounded good when running, smooth as silk Engines stopped: Interior looks like new paint, seats look brand new, still has a jump cable down the Left side: Cockpit, notice how new the co-pilot rudder pedals look What a great treat! Mike |
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Lovely pics Mike - and you are a lucky fellow!
Not much flying here at all - any plane is a rarity. No domestic flying allowed at all. Only a handful of international flights.
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That is extra cool Mike. Thanks for sharing such a rare experience!
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Now with warm temps and blue sky, need to get back in the air. Could not have called at a better time. Still can't get over how new the interior looks. On the next invite, will get real detailed photos for later reference, might try to use those long nacelles for a rubber band location. Ray, yes it was extremely rare. Most people around here don't know what it is, can't see it from the road, since they moved it years ago. I'll volunteer time to help with getting it back in the air. Want to see it fly! You can put money down that there will be some photos when it does. My mechanic gets calls from all over the state, he is well known. Works on DC-3, C-46, C-123 and anything else with wings. Super Lucky he works on my Vans RV6! 1st year we spent two days taking it apart and putting it back together. He showed me a few things, okay, lots of things about it. Said it was very well put together. It was built by an AP/IA (Airplane mechanic / inspector). When buying a homebuilt or amateur built airplane, you need to look at the workmanship real close. They are not all built the same, like production airplanes. It is very hard to find mechanics that will work on them. Dale as a favor is my mechanic. I try to take good care of him! He was shopping in the welding gas store where I work years ago, before I owned an airplane. When I told him was buying my RV, he asked if I had a mechanic yet. Told me a story of a smaller Vans RV-3 that landed on the runway where this C-123 is parked. It ripped the whole rear tail wheel and bulkhead out the gravel is so rough. Terry who flies the C-46 Commando's, flew his yellow Vans RV-6A (has a nosewheel instead of tailwheel) into the strip, he got stuck and had to have help getting out. I decided wasn't going to land there ever in my small tired RV-6!! Mike
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Thanks for these images, Mike!
Great to see that old C-123. My across-the-street neighbor for the past 30 years was an avionics mechanic on Operation RANCH HAND (Agent Orange) C-123s at Ton Sa Nhut during the Vietnam War. When I was in Vietnam 1966-1967, the occasional C-123 would come into the Tra Vinh airfield near where the Vietnamese infantry battalion I advised was located. We used to say that the C-123 was a machine designed to turn jet fuel into noise. I have one poignant C-123 story that I may have told elsewhere in the Forum. Some time in the spring of 1967 we were operating in Long Thành (now Duyên Hải) District near the South China Sea Coast. It was a pleasant, peaceful day as we moved across the paddies and dry fields. We heard aircraft engines and saw, off to our right, three C-123s in formation over the tree line heading south. A few kilometers south of us they made a wide shallow turn to the left, dropped down to just above the trees, and began spraying Agent Orange. SFC Baker, my assistant adviser was monitoring the radio and suddenly said, "The pilot in the lead aircraft was just killed. The co-pilot reported that he was hit in the head by a bullet from groundfire." The three C-123s continued to fly through the sky, rising and turning to return to TSN as if nothing had happened. Don |
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Got cabin fever last week, so hopped in the car just to take a drive. Lot of fires around so only choice was to head southeast on US70 to the San Carlos Apache Res. They have a casino and on other side of highway a small airport. As I was cruising around the parking lot saw a helicopter with a slurry bag coming in. So grabbed the camera and go a shot of it and another one. Also they've had this Albatross and the Beech 18's sitting there since I first drove out this way 15 years ago.
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UH-60 Blackhawk and a Kaman K-Max are the two not identified
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Thanks Rick, not really up on helicopters.
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